January 2012
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Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter →
Mat from Gizmodo has a mental breakdown upon realising just how ridiculous CES is.
June 2011
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May 2011
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Splitting Up iTunes
iTunes is a monstrosity.
It was originally a music player that you used to manage the music on your iPod. An application that did two things well. Then a music player with a music shop. Then they added device syncing, movies, movie rentals. iTunes is not the appropriate lace to manage device syncing. Photos, contacts, the iOS app store and eBooks simply don’t belong in what should be,...
April 2011
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August 2010
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Remains of St John the Baptist 'found' →
Bone fragments of St John the Baptist appear to have been found on Sveti Ivan Island near Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea.
He is considered one of the most important figures in Christianity.
Further tests are still to be carried out on the fragments, which were discovered late last month.
Further tests!? Seriously, what the fuck are they going to test for? Isotopic ratios of Baptisium...
June 2010
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BP and Gulf Clean Up Donations
Why should I donate to clean up the Gulf? BP makes twenty billion dollars a year ($20,000,000,000!) - they should be damn well paying for the mess they made.
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October 2009
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“Darwin is known mostly for evolution and natural selection,” says Edward...”
– Darwin’s geological mystery solved : Nature News
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Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life →
science:
Europa has more liquid water than the Earth. What has made the chances of finding life there seem small is that its sea lies under miles of ice. But now, scientists think enough oxygen reaches the sea to support not only bacteria but macroscopic life. (I say: forget manned missions to the Moon or Mars, let’s go to Europa!)
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goodSchist - Science Basics: Isotopes →
I tend to pack some of my articles with terms the average person may not be familiar with. What is an isotope? I give a quick and dirty explanation in this geology and science basics article.
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Science Centric | News | Princeton... →
Princeton University scientists have shown that, in ancient times, the Earth’s magnetic field was structured like the two-pole model of today, suggesting that the methods geoscientists use to reconstruct the geography of early land masses on the globe are accurate. The findings may lead to a better understanding of historical continental movement, which relates to changes in climate.
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goodSchist - The podClast – episode 14 →
Episode 14 is the Geobloggers in the Pub: San Francisco edition. We talk in a slightly intoxicated way about what makes a geologist, human exploration of the planets, the importance of primary research and more.
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Science Centric | News | New ancient fungus... →
Tiny organisms that covered the planet more than 250 million years ago appear to be a species of ancient fungus that thrived in dead wood, according to new research published 1 October in the journal Geology.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Probiotic health claims... →
Health claims for ‘probiotic’ drinks and yoghurts have been dismissed by a team of experts from the European Union.
September 2009
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BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | Audio... →
The physicist is standing down from the prestigious academic title of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Previous holders of the position include Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Babbage.
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Earthquake Hazards Program: Broadband Source... →
Energy Magnitude ( Me ). The energy magnitude, Me, is computed from the radiated energy using the Choy and Boatwright (1995) formula (eq. 6):
Me = 2/3 log ES - 2.9 where energy is in Newton-meters.
The relationship of Me to MW. Although Me and MW are magnitudes that describe the size of an earthquake, they are not equivalent. Me, being derived from velocity power spectra, is a measure of...
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Science Centric | News | New way to monitor faults... →
Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found a way to monitor the strength of geologic faults deep in the Earth. This finding could prove to be a boon for earthquake prediction by pinpointing those faults that are likely to fail and produce earthquakes. Until now, scientists had no method for detecting changes in fault strength, which is not measureable at the Earth’s surface.
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | JK Rowling denied top... →
Harry Potter author JK Rowling missed out on a top honour because some US politicians believed she “encouraged witchcraft”, it has been claimed.
Matt Latimer, former speech writer for President George W Bush, said that some members of his administration believed her books promoted sorcery.
Seriously? I’m no Harry Potter fan, but this is just stupid. There’s no such...
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M 7.9 Earthquake in Indonesia - Tsunami Warning
pappito:
Tsunami warning after Indonesia quake
11:55PM Wednesday Sep 30, 2009
Indonesia’s meteorological agency says a powerful earthquake has shaken western Indonesia.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a tsunami alert for Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Thailand after the quake, with a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter Scale, struck off the Indonesian coast.
The US Geological Survey...
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“Tsunami waves swept across islands of the South Pacific, wiping out at least one...”
– Tsunami Wipes Out Village in the South Pacific - WSJ.com (via dcwhip)
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Geology app puts mountains of info in the palm of... →